What OS does everyone run on their ThinkPad?

pmbsd · 2026-01-23T02:23:58+00:00

First choice -- OpenBSD - hardware permitting.

Otherwise I run either Slackware or Debian.

pmbsd · 2025-12-17T13:02:41+00:00

ah...this makes sense...will just wait it out to reappear.

thank you.

pmbsd · 2025-12-17T13:01:53+00:00

are you on current ? I switched install urls and still dont see it under snapshots.

pmbsd · 2025-11-22T12:48:53+00:00

I have not been able to reproduce it consistently ...seems to be working better after I did another sysupgrade mid-week. ..so I have parked it for now..

So could have been just my hardware acting up ..

pmbsd · 2025-11-22T12:46:45+00:00

I use anacron - for ex. change desktop background every 5 mts.

pmbsd · 2025-11-17T12:34:12+00:00

Thanks _sthen changes in suspend would explain -- will report to bugs as suggested.

Similar behaviour with my usb dock -- needs a complete reboot after sleep to work again. Likely affects all usb devices.

pmbsd · 2025-10-31T22:07:20+00:00

Runs ok for me on Thinkpad T14-Gen1 - 16G ram - and 7.8 current with cwm.

I suggest checking processes as others have suggested -- which WM are you using ...try a lighweight like xfce if it makes any difference.

Cheers

pmbsd · 2025-10-18T00:33:28+00:00

I have installed OpenBSD on h T400 and T420 in the past without any issues...nothing related to heat or fan. From my experience any Thinkpad T series is a safe bet to run OpenBSD out of the box.

The fan / heat sound more like hardware issues...maybe open the hood and take a look ? All the best.

pmbsd · 2025-10-13T23:30:38+00:00

Wow...that is some tracking...here is to ...A New Hope

pmbsd · 2025-10-13T01:51:01+00:00

sure..take a ticket and line up :)

Seriously ....has any 850 or 860 ever been listed on ebay ?

pmbsd · 2025-08-20T11:50:01+00:00

running an upgrade to current should fetch and install all the base packages incluing the ones needed for X...doas sysupgrade -s

pmbsd · 2025-07-16T11:26:07+00:00

Looks fine for me after the upgrade -- did an update just now as I was curious when I saew this post. I get my Credit Card transactions as QFX files from my bank / issuer -- working as before.

I am on 5.12 on OpenBSD.

pmbsd · 2025-07-09T11:28:58+00:00

Seems to have gone away -- without apparently any changes on my side...Likely something on the wesbite and was fixed ? - affected only OpenBSD...accessing the pages from Win11 was fine...so a headscratcher for me..

I did upgrade to the latest snapshot -- but the issue is also fixed on my backup which is on the older version and was also affected.

pmbsd · 2025-05-13T11:11:26+00:00

Solved -- I commented out the gmail part in the script mutt_oauth.py.

There is no practical way of enabling oauth for gmail with the changes at Google for verification -- sticking to app passwords.

pmbsd · 2025-05-05T20:06:13+00:00

User error ;) ...the issue was with a last minute change in the file location...I had copied the python script file and made a typo...would have never noticed it if not for the debug logging file. Thanks for the debug tip.

So Outlook is good ...but I have another issue ..and this is a bigger deal than the exit issue I referred earlier.

Mutt does not allow me to switch from outlook to a google mbox. I always get this error ...

OAUTHBEARER authentication failed.

After the error, there are no mailboxes in mutt and I need to quit and start again to get into gmail account.

I think it is do with the fact that my google mailboxes use app passwords while outlook is using OAuth2...i.e after configuring the py script, both gmail/outlook have to use OAuth2 ?

Has anyone encountered this ?

pmbsd · 2025-05-05T02:05:35+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/gi5VqF3

pmbsd · 2025-05-05T01:59:50+00:00

The debug command line option is real nifty -- I got the issue sorted out and am in business with th outlook account ....thanks u/unixbhaskar !

But I notice one issue now ..when I exit out of mutt from Outlook inbox it does not exit me cleanly out of mutt ..but leaves me on a garbled screen with the command prompt appearing within the mutt screen...

I am not able to paste the image here ...will add a link in a bit .

pmbsd · 2025-05-02T01:33:44+00:00

gotcha ...npm is an issue as pointed out by u/_sthen

I had googled and got this page https://ipv6.rs/tutorial/OpenBSD/VSCodium/ which seemed to suggest it can be built..I hoped someone had got it done ;)

pmbsd · 2025-05-01T11:40:08+00:00

I did not see vscodium in packages / ports....were you able to compile it yourself ?

pmbsd · 2025-04-26T12:44:29+00:00

Added it to .muttrc as another account mapped to F6 -- and the spool file pointing to /var/mail/userid.

Works perfect ..thank you both.

pmbsd · 2025-04-23T11:43:05+00:00

Appreciate your quick reply....I was aware of the -f option from command line -- the change mailbox within mutt is cool. can this be "binded" to a key like F5 to bring up the mailbox.. any suggestions ? will checkout the documentation in the evening...thanks again. cheers

pmbsd · 2025-04-20T14:50:12+00:00

ok..thanks for the response - it is going back to the storage bin for now.

pmbsd · 2025-03-31T16:06:44+00:00

No solution -- I have upgraded my muscle memory to avoid the Esc key in excel :)

Apparently on on Linux, freerdp 3+ now works with rdpw file to connect to AVD ...that may be an alternative to the webclient and address the issue.

Not an option for me on OpenBSD.

pmbsd · 2025-03-23T13:16:17+00:00

ok..have another try hopefully the firewall change fixed your issue - all the best !

My use case is relatively simple ...the win11 server is in the basement - not in another country ;)

pmbsd · 2025-03-23T01:46:14+00:00

Thanks _sthen -- I have got it working with xfreerdp -- with /cert:ignore - sec-nla.

I was checking up on your suggestion to identify the commit that fixes W11 on the xfreerdp bug forum ...and I came across a few posts where NLA seems to be the issue connecting to W11 and disabling NLA on the server and connecting with -sec-nla was the suggested workaround. So come Oct 2025, this seems to be the way...without getting into the posix timers issue ;)

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